schelling
"schelling" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“schelling” is uncommon English (frequency #70,239 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,239
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A silver coin formerly current in the Low Countries.
Corpus desk
Index EN-schelling · schelling · English
schelling · rank #70,239 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,239
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH Schur
Nearest frequency peer: Schur (+2 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “schelling”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
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29,770 corpus weight
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29,762 corpus weight
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29,760 corpus weight
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29,757 corpus weight
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29,756 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “schelling” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | schelling |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #70,239 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “schelling” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
schelling is uncommon English at frequency #70,239 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A silver coin formerly current in the Low Countries.".
schelling has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Dutch schelling. The correct English form is schelling, spelled S-C-H-E-L-L-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1A silver coin formerly current in the Low Countries.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how schelling appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pallet, provoked at his intrusion, cursed him aloud for an impudent beggarly son of a whore; and taking out a schelling, flung it upon the pavement, with manifest signs of indignation.
Etymology
From Dutch schelling.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.